Sears Closing Stores Nationwide: 9 In Texas

Sears, the once quintessential big box retailer whose dominance was bolstered by its tome-like catalog filled with everything from kit houses to socket wrenches, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. The announcement from the 125-year-old retailer came the same day a $134 million debt payment was due from the company. Sears Holdings, the parent company of Sears as well as Kmart, made the filing in federal court.

The company will shutter 142 stores around the country in the coming months.

"Debtors have engaged to advise the debtors on the most effective way to run a seamless and efficient multi-store closing process, and to maximize the value of assets being sold," the company wrote in its filing with the Southern District of New York. "The relief requested in this motion is integral to maximizing the value of the debtors’ estates and it will establish fair and uniform store closing procedures to assist the debtors and their creditors through the debtors’ transition to a leaner, more profitable enterprise."

The company will close nine Sears across Texas, three of which are in the Dallas area and two around Austin. Search the map below and see if your Sears store is slated for closure.

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